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Sustainability and Facilities Management in the Public Sector

Job Order Contracting

Sustainability and Facilities Management in the Public Sector are critical issues from both environmental and economic perspectives. All project resource requirements, labor, material, equipment granular costs, productivity, and scheudle are available to all signatory parties.

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Significantly improve the likelihood of success of construction project outcomes

Job Order Contracting

It simply requires owner leadership, commitment, and support to implement and maintain a robust programmatic approach for all facilities repair, renovation, maintenance, sustainability, and new build projects. With appropriate owner leadership and support, lean construction better meets customer needs while using fewer resources. .

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Define Construction Procurement

Job Order Contracting

Define Construction Procurement. Define Construction Procurement… It’s easy to define construction procurement right? Improper construction procurement methods and a relative lack of competency on the part of procurement staff have greatly contributed to poor construction outcomes. Perhaps not.

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Sustainable Agriculture Standard Announced

Green Building Law Update

Almost on cue (despite being in the works for more than 4 years), Leonardo Academy has announced that its LEO 4000 National Sustainable Agriculture Standard is now available for use. LEO 4000 responds by defining “what constitutes sustainable agriculture.”. Key is preparing a Producer Sustainability Plan that documents all of this.

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Construction Cost Knowledge Management

Job Order Contracting

Construction cost knowledge management is a component of integrated LEAN construction planning, procurement, and project delivery. The use of national average cost databases and/or location factors, or parametric cost models are insufficient. Traditional construction planning, procurement, and project delivery methods have failed.

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Joint public-private sector effort needed to mitigate the construction sector’s embodied carbon problem

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Joint public-private sector effort needed to mitigate the construction sector’s embodied carbon problem It's going to take the efforts of government and the private sector to mitigate the climate-damaging problem of embodied carbon, says this building sustainability expert, Brent Trenga. Of that amount, $2.15

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BIM Guide for Owners – Building Information Management, Model, Modeling

Building Information Management

Building Information Management, Model and Modeling. The benefits include centralized and visual communication, early exploration of options, sustainability, efficient design, integration of disciplines, site control, as built documentation, etc.–effectively B IM / BIM 3.